Assessment and fishery of shellfish stocks in the Barents and White Seas in 2000-2020

Hydrobionts have a high nutritional value and are the most important component of food supply for population Russia. In course study, characteristics stocks fisheries king crab, opilio snow northern shrimp, Icelandic scallop, sea green urchin other commercial invertebrates in 2000-2020 presented. The raw material base fishery crab is used full; indices their biomass 215 430 thousand tons, respectively; development TAC - more than 90 %. While maintaining current management strategy, will be at stable level or increase. stock shrimp Barents Sea adjacent waters satisfactory condition (at end 2020 it was estimated 2.2 million tons); distribution density Russian EEZ has halved. resource scallop not exploited due to depressive state stock: median 200 which below boundary target (224 tons). growth catch increased interest fishers this object. annual does exceed 10 % recommended one, fishing efforts unevenly distributed over different parts Murman coast. Cucumaria, mussel, trumpeter, bear cub, clema, euphausiids caught small quantities remain category underutilized objects.